Display Vendors Predict 10 Bold DirectionsNews & Analysis 8/28/2014 14 commentsDisplay suppliers are in the know. The companies exhibiting at Touch Taiwan might not be willing to spill their best beans, but they know all about the specific screen sizes, thinness, and brightness demanded by Apple.

In Search of Bleriot’s Plane and Foucault PendulumBlog 8/25/2014 23 commentsThe Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris should delight every engineer. It's focused on materials, mechanics, and scientific instruments, and how technological advances have been applied to the development of energy, transportation, construction, and communication systems.

Intel's Big Data to Fight Parkinson's Disease News & Analysis 8/14/2014 6 commentsIntel is collaborating with The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) to use big data analytics in research and treatment for Parkinson's disease. A multi-phase study used the specially created analytics platform to detect patterns in participant data collected from wearable technologies used to monitor symptoms.

China Fabless Go 'Private' to Gain Public FundsNews & Analysis 8/13/2014 12 commentsFeeling little love from the US investment community while being drawn to a pot of gold promised by the Chinese government, some Chinese fabless companies have left Nasdaq after being acquired by state-owned funds.

Rosetta Probe Orbits CometSlideshow 8/6/2014 10 commentsTalk about playing hard to get -- the European Space Agency's Rosetta Probe has arrived at a comet following a 10-year chase. The probe was originally launched in March 2004 and a 220-pound landing device will descend on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November.